editorializing
Adding personal commentary
Editorializing is injecting opinion into what should be neutral reporting or description.
A journalist editorializes by letting personal views color a news story.
The term is usually critical—accusing someone of editorializing suggests they've abandoned objectivity: The anchor was editorializing instead of just reading the news.
More broadly, it means offering unsolicited opinions or commentary.
Signed newspaper commentary
- columnVertical structural element
- punditryExpert commentary profession
- thinkpieceExtended analytical essay
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
columnist · opinion piece · analysis · critique · polemic · diatribe · essay · leader
Assigned meaning
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · impression · sentiment · perception · characterization · evaluation · inference · nuance
Rapid rotation around axis
- slantOblique angle or bias
- distortionTwisting from original state
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
skewing · tendentiousness · coloring · misrepresentation · manipulation · prejudice · partisanship · selective
Methodical study of parts
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- reviewCritical written assessment
- appraisalEstimation of worth
judgment · examination · scrutiny · dissection · interpretation · deconstruction · contextualization · commentary
Emotional outcry word class
- insertionPlacing something within
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- digressionVeering off topic
embellishment · coloring · insinuation · innuendo · implication · suggestion · inference · subtext
op-ed
Signed newspaper commentary
- columnVertical structural element
- punditryExpert commentary profession
- thinkpieceExtended analytical essay
commentator · columnist · opinion piece · analysis · critique · polemic · diatribe · essay · leader · endorsement
interpretation
Assigned meaning
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
conjecture · speculation · impression · sentiment · perception · characterization · evaluation · inference · nuance · connotation
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- slantOblique angle or bias
- distortionTwisting from original state
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
partiality · skewing · tendentiousness · coloring · misrepresentation · manipulation · prejudice · partisanship · selective · unbalanced
analysis
Methodical study of parts
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- reviewCritical written assessment
appraisal · judgment · examination · scrutiny · dissection · interpretation · deconstruction · contextualization · commentary · annotation
interjection
Emotional outcry word class
- insertionPlacing something within
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- asideBrief theatrical digression
digression · embellishment · coloring · insinuation · innuendo · implication · suggestion · inference · subtext · loaded language
- media biasmedia bias, bias, slant, partisan, partiality
- speechmakingorating, declaiming, speechifying, sermonizing, preaching
- tabloid mediasensationalism, tabloids, yellow journalism, tabloidization, gossip columns
editorializingimpartiality
Freedom from prejudice
neutrality · balanced reporting · fair · balanced · dispassionate
editorializingstating facts
hard news · news reporting · informing · documenting · chronicling
edit, editor, edition, editing, edited, editors, edibles, editorial, edits